Transcription of a subtelomerically located var gene variant in Plasmodium falciparum appears to require the truncation of an adjacent var gene

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-199

  Horrocks, Paul ^a   Kyes, Sue ^a   Pinches, Robert ^a   Christodoulou, Zóe ^a   Newbold, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DBL; Duffy binding like domain; EDTA; IE; Infected erythrocyte; KAHRP; Knob associated histidine rich protein gene; Plasmodium falciparum; SDS; Sodium diaminoethane tetra acetic acid; Sodium dodecyl sulphate; SSC; Standard saline citrate; Var gene transcription

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMOSOME 13; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSETTE FORMATION; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENES, PROTOZOAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE DELETION; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 1542375196     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2003.11.016     Document Type: Article

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